Stratford-upon-Avon: Guild of the Holy Cross: Masters' and proctors' accounts

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Account of Henry Smyth and Thomas Plomer, Proctors of the Guild of the Holy Cross, from Michaelmas 49 Edward III. to Michaelmas 1 Richard II. (two whole years) The Account is rendered under the following headings Receipts. Of arrears (struck out) Rents. Including Legacies, c Rents resolute Delivery of Moneys In expenses delivered for the light (including amongst other payments:--12d for a winding sheet at the burying of a poorman; 14d for bread, beer, and fish, on Christmas Eve (?), c.) Cost of the houses (including 4s distributed amongst the poor for the anniversary of John Peyto for the past two years; payments for the vigil of Felicia Sultar, at Warwick, and for carrying the light to Warwick, c.) [Decay of rent.] [Miscellaneous Payments.] (Paid 22d for making a wall "apud Aulam," c.) There is a list of members of the Guild on the back of the roll headed:--"Interlocutio" of the Guild of the Holy Cross held on Sunday next after the Feast of the Epiphany 2 Richard II. The list is to show the payments made by the members at the "Interlocutio." With one exception 2d is paid by a married couple and 1d by a single person. The following are the names:--Richard Fille, Alderman and Agnes his wife, Nicholas Saucer and his wife, John Pedull and Alice his wife, Thomas Plomer, William Wilmecote and Letitia his wife, William Westynton and Alice his wife, Alice atte Lake, Walter Golde, Robert Stourton, Henry Smyth and Agnes his wife, John Reynnald and Marian his wife, William Taylour and Alice his wife, William Breb[y]ll and Isabella his wife, William Weleyntune, John Brethende and Alice his wife, Thomas Benet and Agnes his wife, Thomas de Compton and Isabella his wife, George Sclatter and Alice his wife, Thomas de Clopton and Isabella his wife, William Berrn and Edith his wife, John Taylour and Jane his wife, John Chapman and Alice his wife, Agnes Ottynden and Agnes (sic.), John Smyth "Barker" and Julia his wife, Thomas Otyndon, Ralph Saucer and Matilda his wife, John Wellinford and Julia his wife, John Braban [de] and his wife, John James and Alice his wife, George Beres and his wife, Julia Brokes, John de Brayles "Smyth," and Robert Bule and his wife